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Book by Alan Shepard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon is a 1994 book written by Mercury Seven astronaut Alan Shepard, with NBC News correspondent Jay Barbree and Associated Press space writer Howard Benedict.[1] Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton is also listed as an author, although he died before the project was completed and was an author in name only; astronaut Neil Armstrong wrote the introduction.
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| Authors | Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, and Howard Benedict |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Autobiography |
| Publisher | Turner Publishing |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 383 |
| ISBN | 1-878685-54-6 |
| 629.454 | |
The book was turned into a four part television documentary miniseries that aired on TBS in the United States in 1994.[2] The miniseries was narrated by Barry Corbin (as Slayton) and featured interviews with several American astronauts as well as a few Russian cosmonauts.[3] Slayton died before the miniseries completed production in 1993 and the miniseries is dedicated to his memory.
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